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This campaign ad is actually adorable

By Amber Phillips

Digital First Media

Posted:
09/18/2013 08:40:56 AM MDT

Updated:
09/18/2013 10:54:37 AM MDT

State Rep. Carl Sciortino poses at the Massachusetts State House in November. The candidate for Congress released an ad this week that's drawing national attention. (Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

A candidate for Congress in Massachusetts "comes out" in this campaign ad.

This campaign ad is actually adorable

A Massachusetts candidate for Congress is making national headlines with a campaign ad that plays off his openly gay status to demonstrate his liberal credentials.In the ad, Carl Sciortino Jr., "comes out" to his conservative father not as gay, but as a "Massachusetts liberal."The two have a witty back-and-forth dialogue for about a minute about why Sciortino Jr.'s liberal views surprise his father, who says he's a member of the tea party. Carl Sciortino Sr. is a registered Republican in ...

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